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Definition of Gridlock
1. Noun. A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible.
Definition of Gridlock
1. Noun. A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way. ¹
2. Noun. On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock. ¹
3. Noun. Figuratively and by extension, any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gridlock
1. to bring to a standstill [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gridlock
Literary usage of Gridlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Price of Dominance: The New Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their by Jan Lodal (2001)
"gridlock As the Clinton administration ends and President Vladimir Putin establishes
his new administration in Russia, arms control efforts to deal with WMD ..."
2. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"WHERE WE ARE Expanding gridlock (1986-Present) We now seem to be in a period ...
Continued gridlock. Continued loss of agency productivity and credibility. ..."
3. Hurricane Andrew: South Florida and Louisiana, August 23-26, 1992: Natural by Jennifer J. Wilson, James P. Travers (1997)
"There were a few minor cases of gridlock reported on northbound routes exiting
coastal ... Road construction choked off exiting traffic, causing gridlock ..."
4. The Northwest Forest Plan: A Report to the President and Congress by E. Thomas Tuchmann (1998)
"President Clintons plan reflects his commitment to break the gridlock with a
courageous, new approach that balances economic and environmental concerns. ..."
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